Folding umbrella.



M. H. HARTZBLL. FOLDING UMBRELLA.

APPLICATION FILED 21m, 1914'.

1,109,677, Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

WITNESSES 7 ATTORNEYS I D THE NORRIS PETERS co. PHOTO-LITINOY. WASHINGTON. D. C.

To all whom it may concern: V

Be It known that I, MORRIS H. HARTZELL,

UNITED STATES PATENT -0FFIGE.

MORRIS H. HARTZELL, 0P PHILADELPHIA, PENivsY vANIA,.AssIGNoR T0 sAMUEL s;

FRETZ, JR, 0P PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

FOLDING UMBRELLA.

Patented spt. ,1 4.

Application filed February 6,1914. Serial No. 816,882. I

a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Folding Umbrella, of which the following is a specification.

y invention consists of a folding urnbrella orparasol which is composed of ribs formed of pivotally connected sections, and means on said sections and on the stretchers adapted to lock the joints of said sections to render the latter rigid or as one, for the purpose of opening the umbrella, and to unlock said joints,lwhereby the rib sections may be folded one on the other, said means including a sectional rib of an umbrella or parasol, an oscillating hanger or arm which is pivotally mounted on one of the rib sections'and adapted to impart rotary motions to the stretcher so as to cause the operation.

of the locking means of the joint to and from each other.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but the import-ant instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and so it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific details shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a side elevationof portions of the rib and stretcher of an umbrella, in operative position, embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a bottom plan view thereof. Figs. 3 and 4 represent longitudinal sections thereof, certain members be ing in different position in said figures.

Fig. 5 represents aside elevation of said portion in folded position. Fig. 6 represents a longitudinal section thereof.

Similar numerals .of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings: 1 and 2 desig- I nate sections of an umbrella rib which are connected by the pivot 3 which allows said. sections to befolded' one on theother, said pivot passing through ears .1. and 5 which are secured to the respective ends of said sections, said I pivot being suitably headed or otherwise secured in position.

The ear 4: consists of the tube 6 which receives tightly the end of the rib section 1 and the bifurcation 7 'The ear 5 consists ofthe tube 8 which receives tightly the endof the section of :the rib section 2 and, a flattened portion forming the tongue 9 which is adapted to enter the bifurcation 7, it being noticed that said bifurcation and tongue have saidpivot 3 therein.

Onthe sides of the ear 4 are the swinging I hangers 10 of the form of crank arms which are connected with said ear by the pivot 11, the latter'passing through said arms and ear and sultably headed or otherwise secured in position. The freeends of said crankarms' are pivotally connected with the stretcher 12, the latter having connected with it'the ear 13, which is formedwith the bifurcation 14.

which freely embraces the sides of the ad jacentportion of the. ear 4 of the rib section 1 and has within it the tongue 15 which is rigidly connected with the stretcher 12 by means of the ear 13, it being noticed that a pivot 16 passes through the bifurcation 14,

the tongue 15 and the crank arms 11;, and

so connecting the free ends of the latter with the stretcher as above stated, it being noted also that the tongue 15 i adapted topass somewhat under the tongue 9, as seen in Fig. 3, thus locking the rib sections 1 and 2' as one. The downwardly projecting ears formedby the bifurcation 7 serve as a stop for the outward thrust of the stretcher and prevent binding of the'tongue 15 when thrust into contact with the tongue 9. When 5 the umbrellais in open condition as most plainly shown in Fig. 3, thesaid tongue 9 may be removed from said 'tongue 15,;thus unlocking said rib section preparatory to folding the umbrella, as most plainly shown inFigi I The operationis as follows: When'fthe ribs and. stretcher are placed in normal condition, see Figs.\1,;2, and 3, the outward thrust of the stretchers is exerted on the crank arms. 10, so that the latter. turn on their pivots or axis toward the rib sections 2. This allowsthe stretchers to move in the same direction, whereby the tongues 15 Ward ends reach the opposedends of the "the sectional new be} locked asione, the

advance with the stretchers, and their, for

strain of the body or covering of the umbrella on the ribs and stretchers retaining thetongues 9 and engaged, when the umbrella may be opened a usual without liability of the rib sections to disengage and open. Vhen the umbrella is to be folded the stretchers are properly manipulated sufiiciently inward to carry the crank arm with them, when the tongues 15 recede from the tongues 9, whereby the latter are un- I of the crank arms the course of the hanger at the joint of the rib sections is somewhat rotary and as the tongue follows the same, the tongue 15 moves quickly to the tongue 9 and tightly locks therewith and moves as quickly from the same, causing the prompt unlocking of the tongues. In order to unfold the umbrella, the sections 2 are drawn outwardly and downwardly to the position shown in Fig. 4, and the 'stretchers are properly manipulated so that owing to the crank arms they advance toward the rib sections 2 when the tongues 15 are again placed in engagement with the tongues 9,

when the tongues interlock a heretofore explained, and the sections 1 and 2 are connected as one, the stretchers retaining the tongues in their locked positions, as in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, when the umbrella may be opened as usual.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a folding umbrella, a rib formed of sections, a stretcher, locking members on said. stretcher and one of said rib sections, means preventing outwardthrust of the stretcher, and means for connecting said stretcher with the other rib section-embodying anosclllating device connected intermediately with said stretcher and the adjacent rib section, whereby rotary motions are imparted to the stretcher and to the locking member that it carries, said locking members being relatively movable to overlap each other and directly engageable to locksaid sections in distended position.

2. In a folding umbrella. a rib'formed of sections, a stretcher, a. locking member on oneof said sections, a locking member on said stretcher, said members being adapted to be engaged and disengaged, means preventing outward thrust of the stretcher, and means connected with said stretcher and one of saidsections whereby rotary swinging motions may be imparted to said stretcher and consequently to the locking member that it carries in opposite directions, said locking members being relatively movable to overlap each other and directly engageable to lock said sections in distended position.

In a folding umbrella, a rib formed of sections, means for pivotally connecting the same, a tongue on one of said sections, a stretcher, a tongue on the latter, means for preventing outward thrust of the stretcher, and a swinging member which is pivotally connected with said stretcher and the adjacent rib section, whereby the tongue on said stretcher may be swung into engagement with the tongue of the opposite rib section and thrust endwise therebeneath and into direct engagement therewith, thus locking said tongues and consequently the rib sections as one, and said tongue on the stretcher may be swung from its engagement with the opposite rib section thus permitting the following of the latter.

4. In a folding umbrella, a rib formed of sections, ears connected with the adjacent ends of said sections, means for pivotally connecting said ears whereby said sections may be turned one on the other, a tongue connected with one of said rib sections, a stretcher, a tongue connected with the latter, said tongues being adapted to be lockingly engaged, means preventing outward thrust of the stretcher, and a hanger pivotally connected with one of the rib sections, and with said stretcher whereby said latter may swingingly carry its tongue to the opposite tongue to thrust it endwise beneath and into direct engagement therewith to interlock said tongues, and from said opposite tongue to unlock said tongues.

5. In a folding umbrella, a rib formed of pivotally connected sections, a stretcher, a swinging crank arm hanger pivotally mounted on one of the sections near its connection with the other section, a tongue on one section, and a tongue rigid with the stretcher pivotally connected with said crank arm and adaptedto pass under the tongue on the'said section to look the rib sections in their distended position, downwardly projecting means on one of said sections to limit the outward thrust of the stretcher.

6. In a folding umbrella, a rib formed of pivotally connected sections, a stretcher, a swinging member pivotally connected with the stretcherand the adjacent section, means .on the outer end of the stretcher, contacting means on the outer rib section to lock the rib sections in their distended position, and cooperating means on the stretcher and on the inner rib section for limiting the outward thrust of the stretcher.

7. In a folding umbrella, a rib formed of pivotally connected sections, a stretcher, a swinging member pivotally connected with the stretcher and the adjacent section, means means also serving to prevent binding of on the outer end of the stretcher, contactin said means on the stretcher when thrust into means on the outer rib section to lock the ri locking position.

sections in their distended position, and co- MORRIS H. HARTZELL. operating means on the stretcher and on the Witnesses:

inner rib seotionfor limiting the outward JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM,

thrust of the stretcher, said last-named N. BUSSINGER.

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